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Youssef (“Joseph”) Rounaghi passed away from multiple strokes on Nov. 10, 2012, surrounded by family members who celebrate his adventurous life. Born in Rasht, Iran, in 1934, Youssef lost his parents at a very young age. He was adored and looked after by four older sisters....

Editor: I help out El Morro School by doing story telling at their Colonial Days. I stumbled upon this interesting history: Hawthorne Road in North Laguna is named for Hildegarde Hawthorne who lived in Laguna Beach (circa 1920s). She wrote one of the first tour guides to So. Cal....

Editor, Thank you so much for publishing Susan Velasquez’s column “Opportunity Knocks” on the School’s page of the LB Independent, Nov. 16. It was the perfect placement to attract readers who care about schools and the education of our children. I am also grateful that you...

Editor, I was glad to read in the last issue that the LBPD recently received a state grant for preventing traffic deaths and injuries (“LBPD Awarded Grant,” Nov. 23 edition). I found it a bit ironic that the photo illustrating the article is of a collision at the Emerald Bay...

Editor, I need to bring to your attention the efforts of Carol Normandin-Parker, SchoolPower’s community campaign vice president. For the last several years (and many more to come) Carol has been in charge of the education foundation’s Community Campaign, its annual fundraising...

Do we need the holidays to understand our world and our life? We usually get a healthy dose of new perspectives. This year I return home with these: the details we stew over in our day to day lives are not all that important to most people; we confront recurring themes and...

Dear Santa: Let’s skip the mall and take in the Laguna Beach Artist Open Studio Tour instead. I hear there’s so much neat stuff there and no parking hassles and everyone is soo nice. Your friend, Virginia Sculptor Louis Longi handed a visitor a small rectangular,...

Laguna’s quest to advance to the section finals for the first time in 50 years fell short last Friday 35-21 on a fog-shrouded field at Garden Grove High School. The host Argonauts had a squad more than twice the depth of Laguna, reflecting their school size more than twice that...

The winter sports season for the Southern Section commenced on Nov. 19 but Laguna’s first regular season event tipped off Monday, Nov. 26 when the boys basketball squad took the courts at the second annual Godinez tournament facing Anaheim’s Savanna High in Anaheim. Behind Cole...

Laguna Beach’s Blue Lagunas soccer team managed to keep their 14-month unbeaten streak going this fall, with a first place finish in the AYSO Extra League for girls under 11. The local girls, 11-0-1, competed with teams from 24 cities in the county, scoring 49 times over 12...

All are invited to experience Montessori schools on Wednesday, Dec. 5 from 9 a.m. to noon, by which one will be able to experience the breadth of the educational program offered at the school, 340 Saint Ann’s Dr. Ann Balasuriya founded The Montessori School of Laguna Beach in...